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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:45 GMT, prettygirl <> wrote:
>Windows98
>Roadrunner cable subscriber
>All MS Windows patches installed
>AV program up to date
>TCP/IP bindings secure
>Netbios over TCP/IP disabled
>
>So why do I need to run a firewall?
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You don't but I would have a router between you and the modem if you
don't already and I would disable or prompt for all scripting in IE.
donnie

"Wouldn't" means that he has a choice and decides not to. I'm sure
you meant "Couldn't", but even then you'd be wrong. There are many
ways to gain access to a system via the internet (Including remote
Logon) which do not require sharing or a programmatic presense.

donnie, rather than making grand, all encompasing statements without
the advantage of knowledge of the subject, it may better help this
community if you just didn't respond. Then again, there are quite a
few posters that should do that when the subject is beyond them.
Those that know what I'm talking about are excluded from the equation!

Which one? "johns" is obviously blowing smoke, but "PrettyGirl" asks a
legitimate question. If no ports are open, an easy thing to do in W98, you
really don't need a firewall.
--
Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction?subject=Techtalk (Do not alter!)http://lists.gpick.com

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:58:34 GMT, Celtic Leroy
<> wrote:
>There are many
>ways to gain access to a system via the internet (Including remote
>Logon) which do not require sharing or a programmatic presense.
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It's not the first time, someone like yourself has claimed that they
could hack a windows machine under those circumstances but when
pressed for details, they never provide them.
donnie.

>"Wouldn't" means that he has a choice and decides not to. I'm sure
>you meant "Couldn't", but even then you'd be wrong. There are many
>ways to gain access to a system via the internet (Including remote
>Logon) which do not require sharing or a programmatic presense.

All of which require an open port and something to receive an input.
>donnie, rather than making grand, all encompasing statements without
>the advantage of knowledge of the subject, it may better help this
>community if you just didn't respond. Then again, there are quite a
>few posters that should do that when the subject is beyond them.

Advice you would do well to follow.
>Those that know what I'm talking about are excluded from the equation!

Those that know what you are talking about know that you don't.
--
Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction?subject=Techtalk (Do not alter!)http://lists.gpick.com

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